U 150

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U 150
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Type : II D
Field Post Number : M 19 550
Shipyard: German works , Kiel
Construction contract: September 25, 1939
Build number: 279
Keel laying: May 25, 1940
Launch: 19 October 1940
Commissioning: November 27, 1940
Commanders:
  • November 27, 1940 - August 31, 1942
    First Lieutenant Hinrich Kelling
  • September 1, 1942 - May 1944
    Oblt.zS Hermann Schultz
  • May 1944 - June 7, 1944
    Oblt.zS Emil Ranzau
  • June 16, 1944 - December 21, 1944
    Hunold von Ahlefeld
  • December 22, 1944 - March 31, 1945
    Oblt.zS Hans-Helmut Anschütz
  • April 1, 1945 - May 8, 1945
    Oblt.zS Jürgen Kriegshammer
Calls: no ventures
Sinkings:

no

Whereabouts: sunk on December 21, 1945 during Operation Deadlight .

U 150 was a German submarine from type II D , which in World War II by the German navy was used.

Technical specifications

The order for the boat was awarded to the shipyard Deutsche Werke , Kiel , on September 25, 1939 . The keel was laid on May 25, 1940, the launch on October 19, 1940. The commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Hinrich Kelling finally took place on November 27, 1940.

history

After its commissioning on November 27, 1940 to December 31, 1940, the boat belonged to the 1st U-Flotilla in Kiel as a training boat . From January 1, 1941 to March 31, 1945 it was a school boat in the 22nd U-Flotilla in Gotenhafen and Wilhelmshaven . From April 1, 1945 to May 8, 1945 it was part of the 31st U-Flotilla in Hamburg as a training boat .

U 150 did not do any operations in the front during its service, it was purely a school and training boat .

Use statistics

No ventures. School and training trips only.

Whereabouts

U 150 was towed into position for Operation Deadlight on December 20, 1945 by the British destroyer HMS Fowey (L.15) and sunk on December 21, 1945 at 3:05 p.m. by artillery fire from the British destroyers HMS Onslaught (G.04) and HMS Fowey . The position was 56 ° 4 ′  N , 9 ° 35 ′  W in marine grid reference AM 5243.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , page 35
  2. ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , pages 345-346

literature

  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .

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